RPS Attacks Go Against the March of History

“Let me tell you what clean tech is not about,” said Brewer, who’s probably best known for Arizona’s controversial immigration policies – and wagging her finger in President Obama’s face on an airport tarmac last year. “It’s not about hugging a tree, saving a whale, or joining a drum circle. It’s about innovation and advanced thinking.” She noted that she’s used solar in her home since the 1970s, and that Arizona installed more utility-scale solar capacity in the past year than any other state. “Despite some bumps in the road,” said Brewer, “the future for solar in Arizona is bright.” Some of those bumps, like Suntech’s March closing of its PV panel factory in Goodyear, Arizona after its recent bankruptcy, are due to economic factors. But unfortunately, others are due to a concentrated effort by many in Brewer’s Republican party to attack the growth of clean energy in stat...